White Crown

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The White Crown was the ancient Egyptian royal headdress symbolizing the kingship of Upper Egypt before and after its unification with Lower Egypt.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
White Crown canonical 7
pschent (Double Crown) 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian crown ⓘ
ancient Egyptian royal headdress ⓘ
symbol of Upper Egypt ⓘ
symbol of kingship ⓘ
appearsIn Egyptian royal iconography ⓘ
royal statuary ⓘ
temple reliefs ⓘ
tomb paintings ⓘ
associatedCity Elkab ⓘ
Nekhen ⓘ
linked to: Hierakonpolis
associatedWith southern Egypt ⓘ
vulture goddess Nekhbet ⓘ
linked to: Nekhbet
category Ancient Egyptian religious symbols ⓘ
Ancient Egyptian royal regalia ⓘ
color white ⓘ
combinedToForm Pschent ⓘ
linked to: Red Crown
combinedWith Red Crown ⓘ
contrastedWith Red Crown ⓘ
culture Ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
hasName Hedjet ⓘ
hasNameInEgyptian ḥḏt ⓘ
materialHypothesized cloth ⓘ
leather ⓘ
woven plant fibers ⓘ
partOf regalia of the pharaoh ⓘ
periodOfUse Early Dynastic Period of Egypt ⓘ
Late Period of Egypt ⓘ
Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
Predynastic Period of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Predynastic Egypt

Ptolemaic Period of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Ptolemaic Kingdom

Roman Period in Egypt ⓘ
region Nile Valley ⓘ
representedOn Narmer Palette ⓘ
royal serekh depictions ⓘ
shape tall conical crown ⓘ
symbolicMeaning divine kingship ⓘ
legitimate rule over Upper Egypt ⓘ
political authority ⓘ
symbolizes kingship of Upper Egypt ⓘ
usedAfter unification of Upper and Lower Egypt ⓘ
usedBefore unification of Upper and Lower Egypt ⓘ
usedBy kings of Upper Egypt ⓘ
pharaohs of Egypt ⓘ
usedIn Upper Egypt ⓘ
wornByDeity Horus ⓘ
Nekhbet ⓘ
Osiris ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Red Crown → combinedWith → White Crown ⓘ
Red Crown → contrastedWith → White Crown ⓘ
Ta Shemau → symbol → White Crown ⓘ
Nekhbet → associatedWith → White Crown ⓘ
nemes headdress → contrastedWith → pschent (Double Crown) ⓘ
linked to: White Crown
Atef crown → relatedTo → pschent (Double Crown) ⓘ
subject linked to: atef crown
linked to: White Crown
ḥḏt → hasNameInEnglish → White Crown ⓘ
Sekhemti → composedOf → White Crown ⓘ